No 2nd Circ. Rehearing On $4M 'Bridgegate' Legal Fee

By George Woolston

The Second Circuit has denied the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's request for it to rethink its decision reviving claims from former executive William E. Baroni Jr.'s claims seeking $4 million in legal fees stemming from his prosecution in the infamous Bridgegate scandal.

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Suit Claims OxyChem Is Ducking Superfund Cleanup Costs

By Ganesh Setty

Numerous companies potentially responsible for a Superfund site off the Lower Passaic River have accused a newly formed Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary in New Jersey federal court of skirting its own cleanup obligations, taking aim at the complex reorganization that created the subsidiary.

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Feds Say 50 Cent's Liquor Boss Violated Fraud Plea Deal

By Hailey Konnath

Federal prosecutors said a former executive at rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's liquor brand violated a fraud plea agreement by requesting a sentence of one year in home confinement, arguing he had already agreed to spend more than two years behind bars.

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NJ Panel Says Assault Finding Warrants Restraining Order

By Parker Quinlan

A New Jersey appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a woman should be granted a restraining order after she successfully proved that her husband, with whom she is in the midst of divorce proceedings, assaulted her.

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NJ Panel Nixes Amusement Park Co.'s Luxury Housing Suit

By Isaac Monterose

A New Jersey appellate panel backed the permanent dismissal of an amusement park company's suit challenging a New Jersey luxury housing and retail project, ruling that the lower court rightfully decided that it lacked jurisdiction for the suit.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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Congressman Calls For Ban On Unsanctioned Native Symbols

By Crystal Owens

New Jersey Democratic U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. has introduced a resolution that would ban the use of unsanctioned Indigenous imagery in public schools, saying it is a pushback on the Trump administration's recent efforts to stop state and local officials from retiring the harmful symbols.

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Elliott Affiliate Urges 3rd Circ. To Keep Citgo Sale On Track

By Joyce Hanson

Amber Energy Inc. has asked the Third Circuit to reject appeals of an order accepting its multibillion-dollar bid for shares in Citgo Petroleum Corp.'s parent company, saying a lower court "came nowhere near abusing its discretion" and properly carried out the sale process.

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FERC Wins DC Circ. Backing In Power Auction Fight

By Keith Goldberg

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday backed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission orders approving regional grid operator PJM Interconnection's proposal to bar energy efficiency resources from participating in its electricity capacity auctions.

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How States Are Advancing Enviro Justice Policies

The federal pullback on environmental justice creates uncertainty and impedes cross‑jurisdictional coordination, but EJ diligence remains prudent risk management, with many states having developed and implemented statutes, screening tools, permitting standards and more, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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Malpractice Claim Assignability Continues To Divide Courts

Recent decisions from courts across the country demonstrate how different jurisdictions balance competing policy interests in determining whether legal malpractice claims can be assigned, providing a framework to identify when and how to challenge any attempted assignment, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin & Lodgen.

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Circuit Split Brewing Following 5th Circ.'s No-Bond Ruling

By Britain Eakin

The Fifth Circuit's split ruling blessing the Trump administration's mandatory immigration detention policy won't be the final say on the matter, but it could supercharge efforts to concentrate detained immigrants there while other circuits weigh the policy's legality.

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Fla. US Attys Push Back Against Sanctions In Habeas Case

By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida and an assistant U.S. attorney have urged an Orlando federal judge not to sanction them for the government's response to a noncitizen's habeas petition, saying any shortcomings were an "unintentional oversight."

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Ex-McDermott Atty Fights 'Harassing' Subpoena In Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

A Black attorney accusing McDermott Will & Schulte LLP of firing her for calling out racial bias has urged an Illinois federal court to reject the firm's bid to get employment records from her previous employer, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, saying the request serves no other purpose than to harass her.

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Kirkland Joins Growing Number Of Firms Launching In Tenn.

By Andrea Keckley

Kirkland & Ellis is joining a long line of firms setting their sights on Tennessee, announcing Tuesday that it would set up shop in Nashville with a team of former Butler & Snow LLP and King & Spalding LLP litigators.

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Amazon Calls FTC Allegations Of Hidden Documents 'Reckless'

By Bryan Koenig

Amazon.com assailed the Federal Trade Commission for accusing it of using auto-deleting Signal chats and improper privilege claims to hide evidence of rules that created an artificial pricing floor across online retail stores, asking a Washington federal judge to appoint a special master to handle the "inflammatory, close-of-discovery filings."

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Tom Goldstein To Testify At Tax Trial Wednesday

By Jared Foretek

SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein will take the stand in his tax fraud trial Wednesday, after the government rested its case with an IRS agent tallying up $3.6 million that she said went unreported on his 2016 tax return.

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Senate Confirms Burrows As DOJ Policy Chief

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 52-46 on Tuesday to confirm Daniel Burrows, a White House official and former chief deputy attorney general of Kansas, to lead the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Policy.

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Lewis Brisbois, Ex-Paralegal Bring Dueling Suits Over Firing

By Adrian Cruz

Days after being sued to compel her to arbitrate her claims against the firm, a former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP paralegal hit her ex-employer with a defamation suit claiming its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.

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DOJ Pushes To Revive Comey, James Indictments

By Emily Sawicki

Criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James were brought under a validly serving interim U.S. attorney and, therefore, never should have been dismissed, the U.S. Department of Justice argued in its opening brief in its consolidated appeal before the Fourth Circuit.

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